To a large extent, you know what you’re going to get with any album featuring the voice of Hope Sandoval, the Californian singer and songwriter best known for her work with Mazzy Star.

But Sandoval offers a track record of performance ... progress” and should be swinging the bat by spring training. The hope is he’ll be ready for Opening Day. Right-hander Liam Hendriks ...

Folk at its rawest is often bloody, uncompromising stuff, and Bert Jansch was one of its magical practitioners. Add fiery guitar-playing, a voice hewn from Edinburgh stone, original songs full of ...